All the Broken Pieces
By Ann E. Burg
(Scholastic Paperbacks, Paperback, 9780545080934, 240pp.)
Publication Date: March 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Family - Adoption, Historical - United States - 20th Century, Historical - Military & Wars
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An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.
Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. But now that he is living with a caring adoptive family in the United States, he finds himself forced to confront his past. And that means choosing between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.
By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love.
Ann Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.
Booklist Editors' Choice
Winner ALA Best Book for Young Adults
New York Public Library's Children's Books - One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society
Winner Jefferson Cup Award
é“…[a] stirring debut novel…will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies.”—Booklist, starred review
é“The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity.”—Kirkus, starred review
é“Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“…the story is a lovely, moving one.”—School Library Journal
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